Wellness for Children Initiative 2023 Trends Many people around the world recognize that the health of adults begins with healthy children. However, more of us need to understand that wellness education in a person’s early years is key to long-term physical and mental health. The Wellness for Children Initiative is passionate about teaching children the benefits of being healthy and is dedicated to reducing the…
Wellness Coaching Initiative Trends for 2021
Wellness Coaching Initiative 2021 Trends Public health, clinical practice and employee wellness models are evolving to help individuals change their health behaviors to prevent and better manage disease. One rapidly emerging strategy to help individuals successfully change their health behaviors is health and wellness coaching1. Scientific evidence continues to show that diet, lifestyle and environment are critical factors in creating optimal health. The causal factor…
Wellness Coaching Initiative Trends for 2023
Wellness Coaching Initiative 2023 Trends The GWI Workplace Wellness Initiative trends forecast shows that wellness at work is much more than offering physical programs. Today, mental wellbeing, diversity, equity and inclusion, remote workers and financial wellbeing must all be considered. TREND 1: Holistic wellbeing Most large organizations have physical wellness programs and recent years have shown a shift toward prevention rather than correction. However, most…
Psychedelics & Healing Initiative Trends for 2021
Psychedelics & Healing Initiative 2021 Trends TREND 1: Expanding University Centers From the founding of the world’s first formal center for psychiatric research at Imperial College in London in 2019, followed that same year by the opening of the Center for Psychedelics and Consciousness Research at Johns Hopkins Medicine, other dedicated centers for psychedelic study include the 2020 arrival of the UC Berkeley Center for the…
Dying Well Initiative Trends for 2020
Dying Well Initiative 2020 Trends TREND 1: More Use of Technology during End of Life We’ll see a rise in tech-enabled businesses around death and dying as well as grief. More and more companies are emerging. An article for Vox publication written by Eleanor Cummins from January of 2020 titled, “Why millennials are the ‘death positive’ generation,” provides a detailed explanation and overview. Robotics, Augmented…
Dying Well Initiative Trends for 2021
Dying Well Initiative 2021 Trends TREND 1: Discussing Grief in the Workplace Employers will, for the first time, recognize that open conversations, benefits, and policy changes are not only important but critical to “returning to work.” https://fortune.com/2020/09/27/covid-grief-at-work-business-coronavirus-mental-health/ TREND 2: The Use of Psychedelics During End-of-Life Care Studies are continually being conducted on how psychedelics can ease anxiety, depression, and other emotions associated with a terminal diagnosis.…